Calculate the volume weight and total cost for your landscaping project.
1 1 2 river rock weight per yard.
Your river rock weight is say 150 lbs per cubic foot.
Washed limestone 1 20 tons 2 400 lb per cubic yard.
The same rule applies when you purchase river rock by the ton.
Landscape gravels 1 20 1 35 tons 2 400 2 700 lb per cubic yard.
A typical skid loader delivers a yard of river rock in two scoops.
Planting mix 1 ton 2 000 lb per cubic yard.
Ask the landscaping company how many cubic yards a ton of river rock covers at various rock sizes and purchase the number of tons necessary to cover your desired area.
One yard will cover about 150 square feet at 2 deep.
So how much does a yard of gravel weigh.
A yard of river rock weighs 2 700 pounds and is equivalent to 1 35 tons according to cedar river garden center.
1 1 2 river rock.
For estimating purposes most contractor s consider the yield to be 3 000 pounds per cubic yard or 1 5 tons per cubic yard.
Most gravel weighs 1 4 to 1 7 tons per cubic yard.
How much does a yard of pea gravel weigh.
150 x 27 4050 lbs.
This is the same stone as our river rock in a crushed form.
For example let s find the amount of gravel needed for a space that is 10 feet long 10 feet wide and 1 foot deep.
Washed gravel 1 35 tons 2 700 lb per cubic yard.
A cubic yard of pea gravel weighs between 2 500 to 2 600 pounds 1 133 to 1 179 kg.
So there are 4050 2000 tons in a cy of river rock or 2 03 tons.
Contains stones of many different colors.
In most cases a cubic yard of gravel weighs between 2 400 to 2 900 pounds 1 088 to 1 315 kg.
For example if you need 25 cubic feet of river rock and each bag covers 1 2 cubic foot buy 50 bags.
Sand 1 10 1 25 tons 2 200 2 500 lb per cubic yard.
This is our most popular landscaping stone.
Compost 40 tons 800 lb per cubic yard.
Weight per cubic yard is approximately 2600 lbs.
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The weight of gravel depends on the type and density or grading.
Most of harmony sand gravel s products will weight approximately 2 840 pounds per cubic yard or about 1 42 tons per cubic yard.
See below for more common material densities.
Our river rock calculator can help you work out how much river rock you need.